Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears

Doctors most commonly get mixed up between absence of evidence and evidence of abense

A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.

For many people, commuting is the worst part of the day, and policies that can make commuting shorter and more convenient would be a straightforward way to reduce minor but widespread suffering.

Decomposition, for most, starts when they leave the free, social, and uncorrupted college life for the solitary confinement of professions and nuclear families.

People used to wear ordinary clothes weekdays, and formal attire on Sunday. Today it is the exact reverse.

Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.

Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that’s what you are seeking.

Love without sacrifice is like theft

Avoid losers. If you hear someone use the words 'impossible', 'never', 'too difficult' too often, drop him or her from your social network.

Someone bemoaned that there were so few women in economics. But there are also very few men in economics.

Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don't try to be perfect

Revenge might be sweet and although friendship might be sweeter, once you find true love you will tast the sweetest thing life has to offer

Both within the family and without our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to become.

The world doesn't need any more mediocrity or hedged bets.

He that lacks time to mourn, lacks time to mend: Eternity mourns that. 'Tis an ill cure For life's worst ills to have no time to feel them.

Everything that people say is testable.

Freedom is the basic condition for you to touch life, to touch the blue sky, the trees, the birds, the tea, and the other person.

By getting rid of loopholes, you are making the system more fair so people who make the same kind of money pay the same taxes.

Complexity kills. It sucks the life out of developers, it makes products difficult to plan, build and test, it introduces security challenges, and it causes end-user and administrator frustration.

We should never lose sight of the very close link between individual giving and the formation of philanthropic traditions.